Barry Schwabsky

Art Critic

Barry Schwabsky is the art critic of The Nation.

Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries

Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries Empty and Full: On Stanley Whitney and Jacqueline Humphries

When is a little more than enough in a painting?

May 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Letters Letters

Feedback on the April 23 issue: praise for Elizabeth Warren, Jonathan Schell and Katniss Everdeen, and an Italian lesson for Barry Schwabsky.

May 1, 2012 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky

Putting the World Into the World: On Alighiero Boetti

Putting the World Into the World: On Alighiero Boetti Putting the World Into the World: On Alighiero Boetti

Opposites collapse in the work of the Shaman-Showman of contemporary Italian art.

Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait

How Renaissance painters brought human presence to the fore.

Mar 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Complete History of Every One: On Zoe Strauss

The Complete History of Every One: On Zoe Strauss The Complete History of Every One: On Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss has turned the streets of Philadelphia into a museum for her photography.

Feb 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan

The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan

An artist known as a trickster and showman stages a disappearing act at the Guggenheim.

Jan 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Signs of Protest: Occupy’s Guerilla Semiotics

Signs of Protest: Occupy’s Guerilla Semiotics Signs of Protest: Occupy’s Guerilla Semiotics

Does the content of a demonstration always exceed and fall short of its ostensible message?

Dec 14, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch

Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch Restless in Oslo: On Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch

An obscure dissatisfaction, a sense that no formal solution works for long, is shared by the art of Ida Ekblad and Edvard Munch.

Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning

Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning Vacant, Limpid, Angelic: On Willem de Kooning

MoMA’s de Kooning retrospective.

Oct 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

An Ambiguous Medium: On Lee Ufan

An Ambiguous Medium: On Lee Ufan An Ambiguous Medium: On Lee Ufan

The aesthetic illusions of a Korean artist.

Sep 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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